Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-01-15
INTERESTING READING.

monument to Garlbaldi on the Janiculum,
in Rome, to cost 900. 900 francs.
Hiram P. Revels, the first colored man
elected to the United States Senate, is
now a well-to-do farmer in Mississippi.
A gray fox, weighing 4ot pounds, was
killed recently on the mountain north of
Bernardsville, N. J. 1t measured feet
5 inches from its nose to the tip Of its
tail.
japanese embroidery is very effective
for wrappers when used as applique on
plain fabrics. The designs are joined
or left single at pleasure, and are
fastened down under braid CT embroid>
cry.
More than 1000 congratulatory letters
were sent to Mr. Gladstone on the 18th
anniversary of his birth, and the mails
were overburdened with gifts of every
description from admirers in England,
Ireland and Scotland.
Miss Anna Ballard, the only female
member of the New York Journalists
Club, writes from Colombo, Ceyion,
that the Salvation army has attacked
the island, but that the soldiers there
are regarded with little favor.
Miss Annie Whitney's statue of Lief
Ericsson is to be placed at the main en-
trance Of the new Back Bay Park, Bos-
ton. 1t is pronounced by competent
critics one of the best pieces of ideal
work ever made in this coantry,
New Years Day was not observed as
holiday in Sing Sing prison, the con-
victs, who dislike being locked in their
cells all day, as must be the c.so when
no work is to be done, having requested
the warden not to keep it as q holiday.
Black and white Spanish blonde man
tillas are employed to throw over the
head and shoulders at the opera or thea
tire. Small hoods of ruby velvet lined
with pink are also worn. They are
trimmed with tufts and With bows of
pink satin.
There are Oriental, Turkish, Syrian,
G-ecian and Bulgarian jackets. All are
very short, and the sleeves are about
hand long, with silk chemise sleeves
falling below. These jackets are of such
materials as Algerian Tissues or embroid-
cred India gauze.
Judge E. lockwood Hoar, the coun-
sci for the compliments in the Andover
theological controversy now in progress
in Boston, has, it is said, become so abb
sent minded that he recently shattered a
m rror with his fist because his own re-
Election wouldn't move out of his way.
A curious feature of Saturdays Oil
City blizzard" was a chronological
record of the locll events of the year
in metrical form. This departure is a
novel, decidedly novel. one, but will
not be generally patterned after until
there are more poets laureate in the
newspaper business.
The Prince of Wales is expected to
arrive ut Cannes about the 25th of .Ianu-
airy, and may go on to Malta to visit his
brother, the Duke of Edinburg. An ef-
fort is being made to have the Prince go
out to Australia to open the Centennial
Exposition the next summer, but this
the Queen herself opposes.
Nearly one hundred lives have been
sacrificed in Philadelphia during the
past TWO years at the grade crossings of
the steam railroads and the streets. In
1885 there were so victims. In 1886 the
number was reduced to SO. This does
not include the persons killed while
walking on the tracks, or of those who
lost their lives by falling from the cars.
A pastor in q State adjoining this,
preaching from the text, Beware of Gov
etousness,' said: Last Sunday night the
collection in this house amounted to
$3.50, and the dollar was thrown in by
Baptist brother from Richmond, Va,
who happened to be here, and did not
know any better. The other 600 of you
dropped in the so cents
The statement that Miss Winnie Da-
Wis at recent ball wore sew
eral old Confederate badges has given
rise to a good deal of gossip. The
statement, however, is untrue, according
to New York paper, which says Miss
Davis wore merely souvenirs presented
to her by social clubs in the South and
elsewhere. They had no reference to
the war in any way Whatsoever.
1t was remark of Linneus that three
flies would consume dead horse sooner
than lion could. He doubtless in
cluded the families of the three flies, A
single fly, the naturalist tells us, will
sometime produce 20, GOO Larvae, each of
which in few days may be the parent
of another 20, coo, and thus the descend
ants of three flies would soon devour an
animal much larger than horse.
Nine Boucicaut, of the Bon Marche,
Paris, has given her employees, outright,
a pension fund of over 81 900, 900. This
fund is available to all who have been
in her service 20 years, provided the
men are at least 80 and the woman 40
years old, and not among the share hold
ers of the establishment. Nine. Bouci-
caut has in addition paid the fee which
the State charges on legacies, amounting
to nearly $40. 900.
This story is told of the wife of an
eminent benefactor of the town, whose
residence was on the Hill One day
while the lady was the midst of prep
arations for the midday meal this was
in the olden time when people got up in
the morning and had dinner at the
proper time) caller was announced,
Hastily leaving the kitchen, where she
was overseeing operations, she entered
the next room where the visitor was,
The door between the two was open,
and pretty soon the lady broke off the
nvesation, and called to the help in
the kitchen: Nancy, does the kettle
boilN NO ma'am.' Then the CONVEX
n,tion yuoo rapawob ~ ba hroken aUain